It's a shame that Indians 3B Yandy Diaz's outburst of offense last night probably didn't help many, if any, people out in the fantasy world. Amid a rash of injuries that relegated Jason Kipnis and Andrew Miller back to the 10-day DL, Diaz was just called back up to Cleveland from Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday after spending the bulk of the season with the minor league club. For that reason, he hasn't had any fantasy relevance to speak of, and so his 4-4, 4 R, 2 RBI, BB evening against the Red Sox likely benefited very few. Fantasy aficionados had no reason to add Diaz before the exceptional night, since he had just a .203 average upon getting recalled and then went a combined 0-6, BB, 3 K Tuesday and Wednesday. With a mere 70 AB all year long before Thursday, he made his BA comically shoot up from .186 to .230 with the tiny sample size. So, loathe as I am to be realistic, Diaz isn't a good candidate to magically become a fantasy stud despite the awesome three-XBH job he did to spur the Tribe on to a series-leveling victory. He's only got an MLB roster spot because other dudes are ailing, so it unfortunately is what it is. Appreciate good baseball when you see it, but leave him where he belongs as an unowned asset in all formats.
Let's have a peek at what some other big-league hitters were able to accomplish yesterday:
Aaaaand Cespedes is probably done for the year now.